Rugby

Description

As the first Rugby title on the Playstation 2, EA Sports Rugby is a full on simulation of the sport (played mainly in Europe, Australasia and Africa). All of the major nations of rugby are represented, including Australia (the current World Cup champions), New Zealand, England, France and South Africa. The game is also fully licenesed with every player of every team rendered into the game.

There are many trophies to be won, here's a quick run down:

World Cup: Much the same as the Football variety, the best in the world fight to become world champions.

6 Nations: Only 6 nations are represented in this European tournament to play as: Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy.

Tri-Nations: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa play in this tournament.

Bledisloe Cup: It's Australia vs New Zealand, in a best of three tournament.

Calcutta Cup: Much like the above, except it's England and Scotland that fight it out.

Alternate Titles

• "橄榄球2001" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Rugby 2001" -- Windows European title
• "EA Sports Rugby" -- Playstation 2 title

Part of the Following Groups

• EA Sports games
• EA Sports Rugby series

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User Reviews

Pure trash

Windows

Evil-Jim (151)

The Press Says

Futuregamez.net	PlayStation 2	Jun 17, 2001	86 out of 100	86
Gameplanet	PlayStation 2	Jun 18, 2001		80
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation 2	Aug, 2001	7.75 out of 10	78
Gamezilla	PlayStation 2	Aug 14, 2001	78 out of 100	78
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Jul 02, 2001	14 out of 20	70
Gamekult	PlayStation 2	Jul 03, 2001	7 out of 10	70
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Jan 10, 2001	14 out of 20	70
PSM	PlayStation 2	Sep, 2001	7 out of 10	70
GameSpot	PlayStation 2	Jul 24, 2001	6.8 out of 10	68
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Nov, 2000	46 out of 100	46

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Trivia

As well as showing stills of the actual game, the install program features 15 minute audio discussion between Bill McLaren and Jamie Salmon about how the game of Rugby has changed over the past 35 years.